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Death Defying Acts(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-09-13
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275 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Love is inescapable
Overview:
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Languages: Italian, French, English.
Countries:
Australia,
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Budget: $20,000,000.00
Revenue: $8,380,329.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Zephyr Films
MacGowan Films
Movie: Death Defying Acts
Top 10 Billed Cast
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Mary McGarvie
Guy Pearce
Harry Houdini
Timothy Spall
Sugarman
Saoirse Ronan
Benji McGarvie
Malcolm Shields
Leith Romeo
Leni Harper
Leith Romeo's wife
Ralph Riach
Mr. Robertson
Anthony O'Donnell
Oily Librarian
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